LOTTIE Fry’s spine tingling Freestyle had the 10,000 spectators in the Stutteri Ask Stadium on their feet on Wednesday night as the new world champion rode for her life on the way to scooping her second gold medal of the week with Glamourdale in the Blue Hors FEI Dressage Freestyle World Championship.

Just as she did in Monday’s Grand Prix Special, the pair pinned Denmark’s Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour and Vamos Amigos into silver medal spot and The Netherlands’ Dinja van Liere into bronze.

Fry and Glamourdale were third-last to go of the 15 Freestyle starters and from the moment they entered the arena, they had the crowd under their spell to their brilliant ‘Best of British’ soundtrack.

From foot-stomping passage and piaffe to the 11-year-old stallion’s trademark high-stepping extended canter, they kept the audience enthralled, and despite a couple of mistakes they racked up colossal scores to put 90.65% on the board and bring the spectators to their feet in a joyous frenzy.

Van Liere had to follow that but wasn’t the least bit intimidated. Her 10-year-old stallion just seemed to grow in confidence with every move, and picking up scores of nine and 10 along the way, the elegant pair posted 86.90% to slot into silver medal spot.

But Laudrup-Dufour and her 10-year-old gelding Vamos Amigos demoted them to bronze with a performance that put 89.41% on the board and set the home crowd alight yet again.

Laudrup-Dufour was under the utmost pressure with the hopes of her country sitting heavily on her shoulders but she said she just decided to enjoy the experience “and it was fantastic riding through that gate again.

“The crowd tonight were the real superstars, I’ve never seen anything like it, it was like being at a soccer game!” she said.

“I was super happy with my horse, he was hot today but with that said he’s 10 years old, it’s my third horse within four years to take an individual medal with and I’m very proud of him and my team”, she added.

Fry said she’d never experienced anything quite like riding into the arena. “The second you entered the crowd was going crazy before you even started, and that already was exciting for Glamourdale to go in there and he knew that it was full and he needed to show off. But as soon as the music started it was the most insane feeling, he was dancing to his Freestyle and I just felt I could sit there and enjoy it.

“I was listening to the crowd singing along and getting excited about his extended canter. Honestly it was the best feeling in the world and I never have been in an arena like that or ridden a test like that before.

“This is exactly what Glamourdale was made for - arenas like this, music like that and floor-plans like this! It was all perfect today”, she said.